• An article about proposed changes to child maintenance services noted that an application fee would be charged to chase an absent parent for money. It went on to say that this sum of £100 for those in work and £50 for those on benefits could be paid repeatedly if "the non-resident parent stopped paying for any reason, such as changing jobs or changing bank accounts". In fact, in these circumstances, a case would remain open and further application fees would not be required (Penny pinching that adds insult to injury for the victims of domestic violence, 10 December, page 23).

• A review of The Snow Queen at the Lawrence Batley theatre in Huddersfield was illustrated by a photograph from a different production of the same show at the Rose Theatre in Kingston (15 December, page 38).

• Colin Firth won an Oscar for his role as George VI in The King's Speech, not George IV as we said in the caption to a photograph showing a wax figure of the actor at Madame Tussauds in London (Firth rendered speechless, 15 December, page 19).